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Cutting edge: expansion of the KIR locus by unequal crossing over.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Sept 2003
Martin Maureen P, Bashirova Arman, Traherne James, Trowsdale John, Carrington Mary
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The killer Ig-like receptor (KIR) genes have high sequence similarity and are organized in a head-to-tail fashion. These properties may enhance misalignment of homologous chromosomes during synapsis preceding meiotic recombination, resulting in unequal crossing over. We have identified an extende...
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